Kent Conrad: “Again, it follows the trend we are seeing nationally. President Clinton has the best record in terms of an increase in…”

“Again, it follows the trend we are seeing nationally. President Clinton has the best record in terms of an increase in business investment, the rate of increase, of any President since World War II. You see the stock market at an all-time high. Virtually every indicator shows clearly that this economic plan has been a tremendous success. I might just say that when we passed that plan, we took a lot of heat for it. I remember our friends across the aisle said that this plan would crater the economy. They said that if we passed this plan, it would increase unemployment, it would reduce economic growth, it would increase the deficit. They were wrong. They were wrong on every single count. The fact is, those of us who voted for that plan, it was controversial and we took a lot of political heat for passing it, that plan has proved itself and proved itself remarkably well.”